we found it!

About a month ago, Lydia and I went looking for a secret park. We couldn't find it. Today we did.

It's the estate of Bethlehem's first mayor, Archibold Johnson. His family willed it to the township, and the house has fallen into disrepair. A conservancy has been formed to restore it. Apparantly it was in good shape when they received it. It is close to ruins now.

The last time we were they we drove right past the road. It looks liek someone elses driveway, not the entrance to a park. But it is. Once you past the house there is the entrance to the estate.

There is a small lot and a port-o-potty. There are three small trails. The red, which makes the large loop around the house, the yellow which loops the rim of the property and goes down to the railroad and creek. And the green, which comes off the yellow and is ecology oriented.

Lydia and I did the yellow and it's about 1.5 miles. It has markers marking key elements. There are also a lot of property line markers. And keep-out because it's unsafe markers.

But it was fun. It was an adventure. Best of all, Lydia should be able to walk Adonis there. There was few people at the secret park.

When we returned home, we took Adonis out for his half mile. So that makes what? Five miles today.

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY